HOW DO YOU GET TO DO THE ICE-DANCE MOVES YOU SEE ON TV.?
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gkelly
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Start when you're a child and practice almost every day for 10 years until you're an adult.
Most people who take up ice dance as adults will never do the more difficult moves that we see on TV.
Most people who take up ice dance as adults will never do the more difficult moves that we see on TV.
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You start by learning basic skating. And you move on to more difficult moves as you are able to do them and your coach allows.
You keep asking questions about difficult and advanced ice dance moves. No skater gets to move onto the advanced moves they see on TV until the learn basic skating and other moves leading up to those difficult ones. You don't get just learn a difficult move because you want to. You have to learn the basic skating that comes first. And then move up as you are able to. And gkelly is right - nearly all adult ice dancers will never accomplish those most difficult moves that elite skaters who started as children do.
You keep asking questions about difficult and advanced ice dance moves. No skater gets to move onto the advanced moves they see on TV until the learn basic skating and other moves leading up to those difficult ones. You don't get just learn a difficult move because you want to. You have to learn the basic skating that comes first. And then move up as you are able to. And gkelly is right - nearly all adult ice dancers will never accomplish those most difficult moves that elite skaters who started as children do.
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All ice dancers we see on TV start with the same stuff as all of us start with: stroking, edges, knee bend, glide, posture. They learn it in lessons with groups and in private lessons just like everyone who's learning to skate. You see all those moves on TV: the couples have fantastic edges, posture and lines.
As for the more intricate moves, it is as gkelly has already pointed out: the couples who do these moves started at an early age and come to do the difficult moves when they are advanced skaters on a high level. They need extra coaching for risky moves and practise them every day. They do off-ice training and rehearse the moves on the floor before they try them on ice. Of course they all have to pass tests, but the most important thing is to have constant, good coaching and training for many, many years.
Coaches and instructors won't allow any beginner skater to try something difficult or risky. If our instructors see a child on the ice trying a risky move that hasn't yet been taught in their course, they tell them to stop it.
Many skaters we see on TV have a long injury history, some girls have fallen from lift positions and were badly hurt (there was a thread about these falls here in the forum). The men who happened to lose control and had "dropped" the girls often need psychtric help afterwards because they feel so guilty they often don't want to skate anymore. The pure thought of that is absolutely dreadful.
Trying a difficult move - especially if we're talking ice dance and everything including lifts with two people involved - can be life-threatening when you're not supervised by an experienced person who knows how to do it. And said experienced persons will only allow you to try it when you're ready for it.
As for the more intricate moves, it is as gkelly has already pointed out: the couples who do these moves started at an early age and come to do the difficult moves when they are advanced skaters on a high level. They need extra coaching for risky moves and practise them every day. They do off-ice training and rehearse the moves on the floor before they try them on ice. Of course they all have to pass tests, but the most important thing is to have constant, good coaching and training for many, many years.
Coaches and instructors won't allow any beginner skater to try something difficult or risky. If our instructors see a child on the ice trying a risky move that hasn't yet been taught in their course, they tell them to stop it.
Many skaters we see on TV have a long injury history, some girls have fallen from lift positions and were badly hurt (there was a thread about these falls here in the forum). The men who happened to lose control and had "dropped" the girls often need psychtric help afterwards because they feel so guilty they often don't want to skate anymore. The pure thought of that is absolutely dreadful.
Trying a difficult move - especially if we're talking ice dance and everything including lifts with two people involved - can be life-threatening when you're not supervised by an experienced person who knows how to do it. And said experienced persons will only allow you to try it when you're ready for it.
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Really not much to add - everybody else has done a great job. I'll just summarize pretty bluntly. How do you get to do advanced moves? By being an advanced skater. If you are a beginning skater, you don't get to do them. It's not safe.
We're really not trying to be mean, FSWer. You are still a beginner, so you should not attempt these things. I'm a much more advanced skater than you, and I don't get to do them, either. These moves require a LOT of skill and training to do safely. There are some things you and I will never get to do. We will have to be content with watching our favorite ice dance teams and admiring their skill. But there are still plenty of things we CAN learn to do on the ice, and have a lot of fun doing it!
We're really not trying to be mean, FSWer. You are still a beginner, so you should not attempt these things. I'm a much more advanced skater than you, and I don't get to do them, either. These moves require a LOT of skill and training to do safely. There are some things you and I will never get to do. We will have to be content with watching our favorite ice dance teams and admiring their skill. But there are still plenty of things we CAN learn to do on the ice, and have a lot of fun doing it!
